Alsager Town
Full nameAlsager Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bullets
Founded1968
GroundWood Park Stadium, Alsager
Capacity3,500 (250 seated)[1]
ChairmanTerry Greer
ManagerDean Jones & Dom Johnson (joint)
LeagueNorth West Counties League Division One South
2022–23North West Counties League Division One South, 16th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Alsager Town Football Club is a football club, based in Alsager, Cheshire, England. The club are currently members of North West Counties League Division One South and play at Wood Park Stadium. Affiliated to the Cheshire County Football Association, they also operate a reserve team in the Staffordshire County Senior League and a youth team in the North West Youth Alliance.

History

Established in 1968,[2] the club joined the Mid-Cheshire League in the 1971–72 season.[3] In 1973 they were renamed Alsager Town,[4] a name they retained until 1985 when they became Alsager United.[5] In 1988 the club reverted to its original name.[5] They finished as runners-up in the Mid-Cheshire League in 1987–88, but left the league at the end of the season as they disbanded.[6]

The club reformed in 1989 and joined the Premier Division of the Crewe League.[6] Two years later they moved up to the Mid-Cheshire League in 1991 and were placed in Division Two. After playing in the league for seven seasons, they switched to the Midland Football League in 1998. They finished as runners-up in their first season, earning promotion to Division Two of the North West Counties League.[3]

In 2001 the club were renamed for a fifth time, becoming Alsager Town again.[4] They finished second in Division Two in North West Counties League, earning promotion to Division One.[4] They won the Leek Cup in the same season.[2]

The 2005–06 season saw the club finish third in Division One, resulting in promotion to Division One of the Northern Premier League (NPL).[4] At the end of their first season in the NPL the league added an extra division, resulting in Alsager Town being placed in Division One South.[4] Although they finished fourteenth in the eighteen-club division in 2007–08, the club were relegated back into the renamed Premier Division of the North West Counties League after failing ground grading criteria.[7]

The club remained in the Premier Division until the end of the 2015–16 season when they were relegated to Division One.[4]

League history

Season Division Position FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase Significant events
1968–69Crewe League
1969–70Crewe League
1970–71Crewe League
1971–72Mid-Cheshire League12/18
1972–73Mid-Cheshire League12/18Renamed Alsager Town.
1973–74Mid-Cheshire League12/19
1974–75Mid-Cheshire League10/20League expanded, placed in Division One
1975–76Mid-Cheshire League Division One16/17
1976–77Mid-Cheshire League Division One10/16
1977–78Mid-Cheshire League Division One4/16
1978–79Mid-Cheshire League Division One3/16
1979–80Mid-Cheshire League Division One9/16
1980–81Mid-Cheshire League Division One6/16
1981–82Mid-Cheshire League Division One15/16
1982–83Mid-Cheshire League Division One13/15Divisions abolished
1983–84Mid-Cheshire League3/18
1984–85Mid-Cheshire League7/17
1985–86Mid-Cheshire League6/18Renamed Alsager United
1986–87Mid-Cheshire League5/17League expanded, placed in Division One
1987–88Mid-Cheshire League Division One2/16Renamed Alsager
1988–89Did not compete
1989–90Crewe League Premier Division
1990–91Crewe League Premier Division
1991–92Mid-Cheshire League Division Two5/17
1992–93Mid-Cheshire League Division Two9/18
1993–94Mid-Cheshire League Division Two15/17
1994–95Mid-Cheshire League Division Two8/18
1995–96Mid-Cheshire League Division Two3/16
1996–97Mid-Cheshire League Division Two5/16
1997–98Mid-Cheshire League Division Two8/15
1998–99Midland League2/20Promoted
1999–00North West Counties League Division Two12/18
2000–01North West Counties League Division Two7/20Renamed Alsager Town
2001–02North West Counties League Division Two2/21Promoted
2002–03North West Counties League Division One11/22Q2
2003–04North West Counties League Division One9/22PR2
2004–05North West Counties League Division One7/22Q1Q2
2005–06North West Counties League Division One3/22EPQ2Promoted
2006–07Northern Premier League Division One14/24Q1Q2League expanded, placed in Division One South
2007–08Northern Premier League Division One South14/18PPRelegated
2008–09North West Counties League Premier Division7/22EPR2
2009–10North West Counties League Premier Division18/22EPR2
2010–11North West Counties League Premier Division20/22EPQ2
2011–12North West Counties League Premier Division13/22EPQ1
2012–13North West Counties League Premier Division15/22EPQ2
2013–14North West Counties League Premier Division18/22EPQ2
2014–15North West Counties League Premier Division17/21EPQ1
2015–16North West Counties League Premier Division20/22Q1R3Relegated
2016–17North West Counties League Division One7/22PQ2
2017–18North West Counties League Division One8/22EPR2
2018–19North West Counties League Division One South17/20Q1
2019–20North West Counties League Division One SouthR1Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21North West Counties League Division One SouthQ1Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
Source: Football Club History Database

Ground

Wood Park in 2023

Alsager have played at Wood Park Stadium, originally known as the Town Ground, since 1968. The clubhouse suffered considerable damage by fire in July 2011,[8] resulting in them largely playing away from home until November that year.[6] The stadium currently has a capacity of 3,000, of which 250 is seated and 1,000 covered.[1]

Records

Honours

  • Leek Cup
    • Winners 2001–02

See also

  • Alsager Town F.C. players

References

  1. 1 2 Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p714 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0
  2. 1 2 3 Alsager Town North West Counties League
  3. 1 2 Alsager at the Football Club History Database
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alsager Town at the Football Club History Database
  5. 1 2 Alsager United at the Football Club History Database
  6. 1 2 3 Club History Alsager Town F.C.
  7. Peter back in charge at Alsager Town Craven Herald & Pioneer, 25 June 2008
  8. Alsager Town Football Club hit by fire BBC News, 12 July 2011
  9. A record breaking win for the bullets Alsager Town, 3 December 2021

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